Matt Reel — 2018 U.S. Representative, District 7 campaign
2018 U.S. Representative, District 7 · totals since Jan 1, 2017
Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 6 filings · YE 2017–TER 2018
Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →
17% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 83%.
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 68% of receipts on these reports.
Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →
72% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (28% from out of state).
- Nashville $21K15%
- Washington, DC $15K11%
- Franklin $14K10%
- Columbia $11K8%
- Centerville $7K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $49K
- Other out-of-state $25K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Dec 2017 – Aug 2018. Peak $46,119 in Mar 2018. Spending peaked at $60,905 in Aug 2018.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 164 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 4 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $350 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Reel ↺ paid $4,024.02 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Michael Cartwright ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Tina Cartwright ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Jeff Quirk ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Kenneth Sneed ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Guy Edwards ↺ paid $2,300.00 | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Together Everyone Realizes Real Impact Aka Terri PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| C Dale Allen | 3 | $2,700.00 |
| Cicely Simpson ↺ paid $10,930.05 | 1 | $2,700.00 |
| Thomas D Edmonds | 2 | $2,700.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ourso Beychok, Inc. | 5 | $45,469.08 | |
| Run the World Digital | 7 | $29,562.61 | |
| Triumph Strategies, LLC | 5 | $19,625.00 | |
| Prism Communications | 1 | $15,000.00 | |
| Simpson, Cicely ↺ donor $2,700.00 | 1 | $10,930.05 | |
| Clark-Harris & Co | 2 | $8,387.03 | |
| Victory Press | 1 | $6,765.85 | |
| Clem, Nathan | 3 | $5,835.00 | |
| NGP Van, Inc. | 5 | $5,045.00 | |
| Reel, Mary ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 2 | $4,024.02 | |
| Public Policy Polling | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Actblue | 31 | $3,347.37 | |
| Deliver Strategies, LLC | 1 | $3,325.00 | |
| Baughman Merrill | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Cartwright, Michael ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Cartwright, Tina ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Quirk, Jeff ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Sneed, Kenneth ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Copies Unlimited | 3 | $2,341.29 | |
| USPS | 1 | $2,303.00 | |
| Edwards, Guy ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 1 | $2,300.00 | |
| National Democratic Club | 1 | $1,899.36 | |
| Reel, Matthew | 2 | $1,839.69 | |
| Chism Strategies | 2 | $1,625.00 | |
| Bates, Rebecca | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Thunder Road Group, LLC | 1 | $1,118.64 | |
| Rapid Returns | 2 | $771.00 | |
| Garrett Rittenberry Design | 1 | $540.00 | |
| Kelley, Ray ↺ donor $452.00 | 1 | $277.00 | |
| Bertocci, Tim ↺ donor $317.08 | 1 | $267.08 | |
| Paya | 1 | $154.25 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Matt Reel’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $60,274 31%
- Advertising & media $49,976 26%
- Consulting & professional services $40,716 21%
- Other $17,718 9%
- Contributions & donations $15,800 8%
- Office & operations $3,000 2%
- Fundraising & events $2,443 1%
- Field & voter contact $1,625 0.9%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| TER 2018 | $4,504.30 | $4,354.30 | Source: TER 2018 filing |
| Q3 2018 | $86,492.08 | $4,504.30 | Source: Q3 2018 filing |
| 12P 2018 | $75,273.32 | $86,492.08 | Source: 12P 2018 filing |
| Q2 2018 | $78,004.71 | $75,273.32 | Source: Q2 2018 filing |
| Q1 2018 | $33,421.07 | $78,004.71 | Source: Q1 2018 filing |
| YE 2017 | $0.00 | $33,421.07 | Source: YE 2017 filing |